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2015 Edinburgh International Book Festival

2015 Edinburgh International Book Festival

41 Episodes • By Edinburgh International Book Festival • www.edbookfest.co.uk/
Authors from 55 different countries appeared at the Edinburgh International Book Festival in 2015. Internationally renowned writers and thinkers from around the world gathered in Charlotte Square Gardens, the Book Festival’s home, to trade stories, share ideas, inspire audiences and answer questions ...more
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The Literacy Revolution at Edinburgh International Book Festival (edbookfest)
According to UNESCO, every region of the world durin... more
Nov 21 2015 59m
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Cédric Villani at Edinburgh International Book Festival (edbookfest)
Forget about the maths you learned at school; the ch... more
Nov 18 2015 54m
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Monica Cantieni & Sunjeev Sahota at Edinburgh International Book Festival (edbookfest)
Monica Cantieni’s The Encyclopaedia of Good Reasons,... more
Nov 17 2015 59m
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SJ Watson at Edinburgh International Book Festival (edbookfest)
Honesty is Not the Best Policy in Crime Fiction S J... more
Nov 16 2015 57m
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Edwyn Collins & Grace Maxwell with Ian Rankin at Edinburgh International Book Festival (edbookfest)
‘Moving beyond words’ was one critic’s response to T... more
Nov 11 2015 47m
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Ziauddin Sardar at Edinburgh International Book Festival (edbookfest)
The Future of Mecca Born in Pakistan and raised in ... more
Nov 9 2015 56m
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Reading the City at Edinburgh International Book Festival (edbookfest)
How do you navigate Edinburgh as a city of literatur... more
Nov 6 2015 57m
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Tom McCarthy at Edinburgh International Book Festival (edbookfest)
Is Tom McCarthy a J G Ballard for the 21st century? ... more
Nov 4 2015 56m
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Matt Haig at Edinburgh International Book Festival (edbookfest)
Award-winning author Siobhan Dowd died in 2007, bequ... more
Nov 2 2015 55m
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Museums and Libraries at Edinburgh International Book Festival (edbookfest)
Museums and galleries dominate as destinations, attr... more
Oct 30 2015 1h 2m
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Meera Syal at Edinburgh International Book Festival (edbookfest)
Acclaimed actor, screenwriter and author of Life Isn... more
Oct 28 2015 57m
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Kirstin Innes & Melinda Nadj Abonji at Edinburgh International Book Festival (edbookfest)
Two novels which tackle issues of work and family he... more
Oct 26 2015 56m
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Joe Sumner & Evie Wyld at Edinburgh International Book Festival (edbookfest)
Evie Wyld is fast shooting to international fame as ... more
Oct 23 2015 55m
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Greg Proops at Edinburgh International Book Festival (edbookfest)
Greg Proops is well-known for his appearances on the... more
Oct 21 2015 58m
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Johann Hari at Edinburgh International Book Festival (edbookfest)
It’s a century since drugs were first banned in the ... more
Oct 19 2015 57m
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Why I Call Myself a Feminist at Edinburgh International Book Festival (edbookfest)
In this event entitled “a Rally, a Rant, a Story, a ... more
Oct 16 2015 1h 10m
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Ryan Gattis and Marlon James at Edinburgh International Book Festival (edbookfest)
Images of the 1992 LA riots were beamed across the w... more
Oct 13 2015 58m
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Chigozie Obioma and Simon Sylvester at Edinburgh International Book Festival (edbookfest)
Chigozie Obioma’s thrillingly assured debut novel Th... more
Oct 13 2015 1h 2m
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Hyeonseo Lee at Edinburgh International Book Festival (edbookfest)
As a child of Kim Il-sung’s North Korea, a teenage H... more
Oct 12 2015 57m
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Nicola Morgan at Edinburgh International Book Festival (edbookfest)
What is the 21st Century Doing to Our Teenagers? Ni... more
Oct 9 2015 1h
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Henrietta Bowden-Jones, Erin Saltman & Åsne Seierstad with Lennie Goodings at Edinburgh International Book Festival...
What draws women to the extremes of war? Åsne Seiers... more
Oct 7 2015 58m
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Julian Barnes at Edinburgh International Book Festival (edbookfest)
One of our finest writers, Julian Barnes first wrote... more
Oct 5 2015 58m
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John Boyne at Edinburgh International Book Festival (edbookfest)
Author of multi-million bestseller The Boy In The St... more
Oct 2 2015 1h
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Yasmin Alibhai-Brown & Bidisha at Edinburgh International Book Festival (edbookfest)
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown is one of Britain’s most import... more
Sep 30 2015 58m
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George the Poet at Edinburgh International Book Festival (edbookfest)
George Mpanga is the 24 year old Cambridge-educated ... more
Sep 28 2015 55m
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